Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 12 / Friday, January 19, 2007 / Notices 2493 

Dated: January 12, 2007. 

Stephen J. Claeys, 

Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–726 Filed 1–18–02; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

North American Free-Trade Agreement 

(NAFTA), Article 1904 Binational Panel 

Reviews 

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United 

States Section, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of decision of panel. 

SUMMARY: On January 16, 2007, the 

binational panel issued its decision in 

the review of the final determination 

made by the International Trade 

Administration, respecting Oil Country 

Tubular Goods from Mexico Final 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review and Determination not to 

Revoke, Secretariat File No. USA–MEX–

2001–1904–05. The binational panel 

affirmed the Departments determination 

that Hylsa did not ship in commercial 

quantities and that its determination not 

to revoke the antidumping order is 

upheld. Copies of the panel decision are 

available from the U.S. Section of the 

NAFTA Secretariat. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caratina L. Alston, United States 

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite 

2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue, 

Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482–5438. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter 

19 of the North American Free-Trade 

Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) establishes a 

mechanism to replace domestic judicial 

review of the final determinations in 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

cases involving imports from a NAFTA 

country with review by independent 

binational panels. When a Request for 

Panel Review is filed, a panel is 

established to act in place of national 

courts to review expeditiously the final 

determination to determine whether it 

conforms with the antidumping or 

countervailing duty law of the country 

that made the determination. 

Under Article 1904 of the Agreement, 

which came into force on January 1, 

1994, the Government of the United 

States, the Government of Canada and 

the Government of Mexico established 

Rules of Procedure for Article 1904 

Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’). 

These Rules were published in the 

Federal Register on February 23, 1994 

(59 FR 8686). The panel review in this 

matter has been conducted in 

accordance with these Rules. 

Panel Decision: The Panel affirmed 

the Department’s determination that 

Hylsa did not ship in commercial 

quantities and that its determination not 

to revoke the antidumping order is 

upheld. 

Dated: January 16, 2007. 

Caratina L. Alston, 

United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. E7–727 Filed 1–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–GT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 111506A] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Recovery Plans 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the 

adoption of its Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) Recovery Plan (Recovery Plan) for 

the Puget Sound Chinook Salmon 

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) 

Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). 

The Recovery Plan consists of two 

documents: the Puget Sound Salmon 

Recovery Plan prepared by the Shared 

Strategy for Puget Sound (the Shared 

Strategy Plan), and NMFS’ Final 

Supplement to the Shared Strategy Plan 

(Supplement). The Final Supplement 

contains revisions and additions in 

consideration of public comments on 

the Shared Strategy Plan and the draft 

NMFS Supplement. 

ADDRESSES: Additional information 

about the Recovery Plan may be 

obtained by writing to Elizabeth 

Babcock, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, 7600 Sandpoint Way N.E., 

Seattle, WA 98115, or calling (206) 526–

4505. 

Persons wishing to read the Recovery 

Plan can obtain an electronic copy (i.e., 

CD-ROM) from Carol Joyce by calling 

(503) 230–5408 or by e-mailing a request 

to carol.joyce@noaa.gov, with the 

subject line ‘‘CD-ROM Request for Final 

ESA Recovery Plan for Puget Sound 

Chinook Salmon.’’ NMFS’ summary of 

and response to public comments on the 

Shared Strategy Plan and draft 

Supplement will be included on the CDROM. Electronic copies of these 

documents are also available on-line on 

the NMFS website, http:// 

www.nwr.noaa.gov/Salmon-RecoveryPlanning/Recovery-Domains/PugetSound/Index.cfm, or the Shared 

Strategy for Puget Sound website, http:// 

www.sharedsalmonstrategy.org 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Babcock, Puget Sound Salmon 

Recovery Coordinator at (206) 526–

4505, or Elizabeth Gaar, NMFS Salmon 

Recovery Division at (503) 230–5434. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Recovery plans describe actions 

beneficial to the conservation and 

recovery of species listed under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The 

ESA requires that recovery plans, to the 

extent practicable, incorporate (1) 

Objective, measurable criteria which, 

when met, would result in a 

determination that the species is no 

longer threatened or endangered; (2) 

site-specific management actions that 

may be necessary to achieve the plan’s 

goals; and (3) estimates of the time 

required and costs to implement 

recovery actions. The ESA requires the 

development of recovery plans for listed 

species unless such a plan would not 

promote the recovery of a particular 

species. 

NMFS’ goal is to restore endangered 

and threatened Pacific salmon ESUs and 

steelhead distinct population segments 

(DPSs) to the point that they are again 

self-sustaining members of their 

ecosystems and no longer need the 

protections of the ESA. NMFS believes 

it is critically important to base its 

recovery plans on the many state, 

regional, tribal, local, and private 

conservation efforts already underway 

throughout the region. Therefore, the 

agency supports and participates in 

locally led collaborative efforts to 

develop recovery plans, involving local 

communities, state, tribal, and Federal 

entities, and other stakeholders. As the 

lead ESA agency for listed salmon, 

NMFS is responsible for reviewing these 

locally produced recovery plans and 

deciding whether they meet ESA 

statutory requirements and merit 

adoption as ESA recovery plans. 

On June 30, 2005, the Shared Strategy 

for Puget Sound (Shared Strategy) 

presented its locally developed listed 

species recovery plan to NMFS. The 

Shared Strategy is a collaborative 

initiative that began in 1999 after NMFS 

listed Puget Sound Chinook salmon as 

threatened. The Shared Strategy 

includes representatives of tribal, 

Federal, state, and local governments, 


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